Briefs

October 08, 2006

COLLEGE SOCCERLapira powers Irish A five-point match from Joseph Lapira led the way as the No. 8/10 Notre Dame men's soccer team captured a 4-1 win over Georgetown on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field. Lapira notched two goals and one assist as the Irish upped their unbeaten streak to six games. NOTRE DAME 4, GEORGETOWN 1 Halftime: Notre Dame 2, Georgetown 1 ND: Justin McGeeney (Cory Rellas) 12:56. GU: Ricky Schramm (Daniel Grasso) 29:37. ND: Joseph Lapira (Justin Morrow) 34:26. ND: Joseph Lapira (unassisted) 59:21. ND: Greg Dalby (Joseph Lapira) 78:11. Shots: GU 4-6 -- 10, ND 9-6 -- 15 Corner Kicks: GU 3-1 -- 4, ND 3-2 -- 5 Saves: GU 2 (Joe Devine 2), ND 4 (Chris Cahill 4) Fouls: GU 12, ND 10 Offsides: GU 1, ND 0 Hinton leads Saint Mary's Ashley Hinton netted two goals to lead Saint Mary's past Olivet 3-2 Saturday in women's MIAA soccer action. Hinton scored the first goal for the Belles (4-6. 3-1 MIAA) and supplied the game winner with under 16 minutes left in the contest when she lobbed a shot over Olivet (3-6-2, 1-1-2) goalie Shane Brady from 30 yards out. Colleen Courtney knotted the contest at 2 with a Saint Mary's goal. Pilots eke by Grace The Bethel men's soccer team scored on a penalty kick to beat host Grace College 1-0 Saturday. Raymundo Gonzalez converted the penalty kick, which turned out to be the game winning goal. Bethel outshot Grace 6-1 as Lancer freshman goalkeeper Adam Churchill recorded five saves in the match. TENNISIrish twins in ITA final Defending champs Catrina and Christian Thompson of Notre Dame will face Arizona State's Roxanne Clarke and Kady Pooler in today's doubles final of the ITA Women's All-American Championships, after the Thompson twins beat William & Mary's Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zorcic 8-6 in Saturday's doubles semis. The No. 3 seeds will be looking to become the first duo to repeat as All-American champions. Arizona State's fourth-seeded Clarke and Pooler edged Duke's Daniela Bercek and Elizabeth Plotkin 9-8 (2) in the other semi. They are the first Sun Devils to advance to the doubles final at Riviera. VOLLEYBALLBethel nets two wins Erica Bruxvoort knocked out 43 kills, 10 blocks, and 23 digs as Bethel beat Concordia University 30-13, 30-13, 30-20 and Sienna Heights University 30-16, 25-30, 30-15, 21-30, 15-10 in the Cornerstone Invitatioal. Cassie Koldyke turned in 21 kills, 28 digs and 13 aces to aide the Pilots. Christie Odreman had 21 kills, six blocks and Jessica Gates added 21 digs and four aces. Ashley Pagel supplied 81 assists. CROSS COUNTRYBethel limps to third place The Bethel College men's cross country team finished third in the E. DeWitt Baker Invitational hosted by winner Huntington College. Bethel finished with 67 points, but had two runners unable to compete because of injury and lost another who was injured during the race. The best the Pilots could manage was sophomore Vincent Reel's 14th-place finish with a personal best time of 27:51. Junior Andy Gray placed 18th with a time of 28:10. COLLEGE FOOTBALLBall breaks Rice's record David Ball caught his 51st touchdown pass Saturday to break the Division I career record held by Jerry Rice and help New Hampshire defeat Richmond 27-17 in Durham, N.H. Ball, who grew up idolizing Rice, tied the record two weeks ago against Dartmouth then went two games without catching a TD. "I'm glad it's over with. It's been a fun experience but it's been haunting me for a while," Ball said. Rice set the record playing for Division I-AA Mississippi Valley State from 1981-84. He went on to set NFL records of 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 receiving touchdowns. GOLFLove III, Couch share lead Davis Love III shot a 4-under 68 in rainy, cool conditions Saturday in Greensboro, N.C., on the course he redesigned to gain a share of the lead after the third round of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Chris Couch, who won his first PGA Tour title in New Orleans in April, had a 69 to match Love at 10-under 206 on the Forest Oaks Country Club course. Rochester's Chris Smith (69), Steve Flesch (69) and John Senden (71) were a stroke back. Mexico's Ochoa leads Lorena Ochoa moved closer to her first LPGA Tour victory in her homeland, shooting a 5-under 68 on Saturday to maintain a three-stroke lead with one round left in the Corona Morelia Championship in Morelia, Mexico. The 24-year-old star from Guadalajara, seeking her fourth victory of the season, had a 16-under 203 total. AUTO RACINGMartin wins truck race Mark Martin won the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday, coming back from a lap down and holding on after series leader Todd Bodine was penalized for passing illegally nine laps from the end.